Tag: Unfinished Business
Improving the Best of Seven
May 22, 2021 There's never a bad time to resurrect a good idea. No matter how far-fetched. The NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs have begun. The Utah Jazz... Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets are the top three times in the stacked NBA West Conference. But no one is picking any of these teams to ...
Willie O’Ree and How It All Began
May 15, 2021 Willie O'Ree made his National Hockey League debut for the Boston Bruins in 1958. Played two impact less games before being sent back to Quebec City. He resurfaced three seasons later with the Bruins, played in 43 games and scored four goals. Among them the first scored by a Black NHLer. Those ...
Catering to the Rubberneckers…
May 8, 2021 Keith Magnuson was a defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks back in the 70s. He led the NHL in penalty minutes as a rookie... specializing in losing fights. One of my fondest hockey memories is of Boston's Derek Sanderson beating up on Magnuson... taking his uniform jersey. Skating around the rink with it ...
When a No-Hitter isn’t…
May 1, 2021 So, Madison Bumgarner's 7-inning no-hitter doesn't officially count. The definition is murky and this isn't the first-time baseball has been trapped by its own vernacular. In 1964 Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt 45s pitched a 9-inning complete game no-hitter against Cincinnati. But lost the game 1-0 on an unearned run in ...
Greed Isn’t Always Good
April 24, 2021 In 1999 the Rochester Rhinos won the US Open Cup. A soccer competition open to every organized team in the country, The Rhinos that year beat four MLS teams on the way to the championship. An extraordinary feat performed in front of a handful of fans in Columbus Ohio and registered barely ...
Ambush Marketing
It's called ambush marketing. The streaker with Duffy's name tattooed on his chest hoping to get some free publicity. Wayne Player has been banned from the Masters golf tournament for just such a stunt. In a manner of speaking.The son of golf legend Gary Player chose the tournament's ceremonial first tee shot to overtly display ...
A Less Perfect Union
December 27, 2020 A friend calls to ask what I think of the Flower City Union? I worked for a union in my days at Channel 10. Did some good for the American worker. So yeah, I'm for it. Turns out it isn't a union at all. It's not a credit union either. Nor a ...
The XFL III
August 8, 2020 Does anyone remember the Chicago Fire; the Philadelphia Bell or my personal all-time favorite; the Shreveport Steamer? Those were three of the erstwhile franchises in the World Football League which operated in 1974 and half of 1975. They played a 20-game schedule running from July through November. Old Miami Dolphins fans hate ...
Numbers that scare the NFL
August 1, 2020 These are the numbers that scare the hell out of the NFL today. 3-11-17. Those are the numbers of Miami Marlin baseball players who tested positive for Coronavirus over just two days. Going from 3. To 11. To 17. The team was shut down and the schedules of four other baseball teams ...
A Canned Crowd
Jimmy Fallon was on the other night. He's back in the studio playing to an audience of his band members. And he wasn't funny. I like Jimmy Fallon. But the pauses for laughter that produce only a few self-serving chuckles don't work. I don't like canned laughter either. If you're in another room and only ...
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